Submission: Part I (2004)

Name: Submission: Part I
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-08-28

12m

Running Time

Plot.

The film tells the story of four fictional characters played by a single actress wearing a veil, but clad in a see-through chador, her naked body painted with verses from the Koran. The characters are Muslim women who have been abused in various ways. The film contains monologues of these women and dramatically highlights three verses of the Koran that give authority to men over women, by showing them painted on women’s bodies.

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Cast & Crew.

Theo van Gogh

Director / Producer / Writer

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Writer / Producer

Gijs van de Westelaken

Producer

Details.

Release Date
August 28, 2004

Status
Released

Running Time
12m

Budget
$19

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

Submission is a 2004 English-language Dutch short drama film produced and directed by Theo van Gogh, and written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a former member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy); it was shown on NPO 3, a Dutch public broadcasting network, on 29 August 2004. The film's title is one of the possible translations of the Arabic word "Islam". An Islamist reacted to the film by assassinating Van Gogh.